Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFD] x86: The future of MPX | From | Dave Hansen <> | Date | Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:44:00 -0700 |
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On 04/28/2018 09:44 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 9:36 AM Linus Torvalds < > torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > >> They need to be run as root. > Side note: don't get me wrong. If the MPX stuff isn't supported by gcc, > then there is little point in us supporting it in the kernel either.
The loss of the GCC support is definitely a bummer.
There are no objections from me against removing it from future kernels. I think it will be pretty straightforward, just leaving the prctl() numbers as placeholders.
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